Packing-box.



Patented Jan. 9, |900. H. H. HIGHAM. l

PACKING BOX.

No. 64I,207.

2 Sheets-Sheet l,

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H'. H. HIGHAM. PACKING BOX.

(Applicatlion filed June 3, 1898.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

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ITn STATES PATENT Tric HQVARD II. IIIGIIAM, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA; l

PACKlNG-BOX- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,207,cated January 9, 1966.. l

Application filed .Tune 3, 1898. Serial No. 882;/l69. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, HOWARD H. HIGIIAM.` a

. citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented certain Improvements in Packing-Boxes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in packing-boxes which areused mainly to pack fragile material, such as bottles, jars, &c. V

The object of my invention is to so construct the box that it can beshipped directly from the manufacturer to the dealer in a flat conditionand when made up as a boxit will be perfectly rigid and will withstandordinary rough usage. This object I attain in the followingmanncigreference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a perspective view showing one section of the box. Fig. 2 isa perspective view showing the other section of the box. Fig. 3 is aperspective View showing the two sections united to form a complete box.Fig. 4 is a sectional View of one section placed within the other readyto be folded. Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing the inner sectionfolded and the ends secured, and Fig. 6 is a View of a modification.

Boxes of the type to which my invention relates are commonly called inthe trade cartons. The boxes are as a rule packed with some suitableyielding material, so thatv the bottle or jar placed in the box will notbe broken in transportation. These boxes must be made very cheaply andare not as a rule provided with the ordinary locks common to knockdownpaper boxes. Some of t-hese cartons or packing-boxes are made `of woodor heavy cardboard and are generally provided with loose iiuted orcorrugated packing-strips placed within the box and around the articlepacked.

I dispense with the loose packing and fasten the yieldingmaterial to thebox itself and utilize one strip of this material to fasten the ends ofthe folded section of the box, as fully described hereinafter.

` A is the outer section of the box, which in the present instance isquadrangular in shape and is made in the present instance of one forced.

strip of cardboard, the ends being secured together at a. y On the threesides a c2 0.3 are secured corrugated strips of veneeringb H192,attached in the present instance by a single line of stitching at thecenter, leaving their ends free.

D is the inner section of the box, having (xiv/ghen folded on the linesx three sides d d of` veneering, (indicated by the letters c e e2.)These strips are secured to the section. D by a line of stitching c'.

The form of lining I prefer to use is a thin Wood veneer cut out of thesolid block in the corrugated form shown, so that t-he strips willalways retain their shape.

At each end of the section D are tongues d3. The section D is passedthrough the section A, and the portion d' of the said section D restsupon the portion 0.4 of the section A, its veneer e' forming the packingfor this side of the box. When the article to be packed is placed in thebox thus partially formed, the sides d and cl2 are turned up on the lineand the tongue cl3 forced in between the side a? of the ybox and theveneer b', as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, thus preventing the box fromcollapsing without other fastenings.

It will be understood that other linings may be used in place of thecorrugated lining shown, and in some instances the lining may bedispensed with, with the exception. of a single strip, between which andthe side of the box the tongues of the section -lD are I may eithersecure this piece to the box by stitching orby eyelets or otherfastenings, and while I prefer to use simply a single line offastenings, as shown, other fasten ings may be used and arrangeddifferently, l

so longas space isleft for the insertion of the tongues.

I claim as my invention l. The combination in a packing-box, of twoindependent sections, one section adapted to be folded and securedtogether to form a quadrangular box having open ends, and the othersection adapted to be inserted in said box-section and be folded so asto form the ends of the saine, a strip secured to the inner surface ofone side of the box-section, and

On each ofl these sides is a single strip IOO tongues carried by theother section adapted to be forced between said strip and the side ofthe box-section, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a packing-box, of the open-ended box-section,packing strips or veneers secured to three sides of said section, a.section adapted to be folded to form three sides, packing strips orveneers secured to the three sides of the same, the said section beingadapted to be inserted in the box-section to form the ends of the sameand having tongues vat each end adapted to be inserted between one ofthe packing-strips of the boxsection and the side of the same when thebox is closed, substantially as described.

3. The combination in a packing-box, of a quadrangular section with openends, corrugated packing-strips permanently secured to three sides ofsaid section, a section having tongues at each end adapted to be foldedto form three sides independent of said tongues, corrugatedpacking-strips permanently secured to said section, the said sectionbeing adapted to be inserted in the box-section to form the ends of thesame and having tongues formed integral therewith adapted to a spacebetween one of the packing-strips of the boxsection and the side of thesame when the box is closed, substantially as described.

4. The combination in a packing-box, of a quadrangular section with openends, corrugated packing-strips permanently secured to three sides ot'said section byaline of stitches at or near the center of thepacking-strips, a section having tongues at each end adapted to befolded to form three sides independent of said tongues, corrugatedpacking-strips permanently secured to said section, the said sectionbeing adapted to be inserted in the box-section to form the ends of thesame and having tongues formed integral therewith adapted to a spacebetween one of the packing-strips of the box-section and the side of thesame when the box is closed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HOWARD I-I. HIGHAM. Witnesses: v

CHAs. H. BANNARD, WILL. A. BARR.

